Don't do it. Look up a different restaurant for BBQ if you need to fulfill that craving. I ordered the 3 meat combo for to-go. It was odd that they wanted to charge me extra for wanting to try all 3 of their BBQ sauces (they said I could try 2), whereas all the dining tables had huge bottles of their various BBQ sauces for customers to use an unlimited amount. I can rationalize that the to-go sauce containers cost some money, but I felt they were really cheaping out to try to charge me for wanting to try one of each sauce. I chose the pulled pork, chopped beef brisket, and boneless chicken thigh - they were out of ribs that evening. The meat combos all come with two sides and either a dinner roll or two mini cornbread muffins. For sides, I got the mac and cheese and coleslaw and the mini cornbread muffins because I love cornbread. The cornbread was desert dry and cold. There's no other way to describe it. I am a mac and cheese lover, and this mac and cheese was cold (just like other reviews had mentioned... I should have listened) and undersalted. Coleslaw had a lot of pepper and was very sugary. The pulled pork and beef brisket were absurdly salty, I couldn't enjoy them at all. You can add additional salt to food, but when meat is oversalted, how do you save it? And so much of the brisket was burnt and so many dry edge pieces were given, come on! I'm confident that this was the worst pulled pork and brisket I've ever had anywhere. This meal was super disappointing and I had hoped that trying out 3 different meats would help me make the best assessment possible. The best meat was the chicken thigh and that's because it wasn't oversalted, so that's not exactly praise. The chicken thigh was tender, I'll give it that. As I waited for my to-go order, I noticed that the interior of the restaurant was spacious and each table was stocked with plenty of napkins, sauces, and was clean. They also have an outdoor patio area with extra tables. The restaurant looked appealing, and the food was anything but. read more

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This place has a lot of potential, I'd like for Them to live up to it. They have an outdoor seating area that is nice and everywhere (inside and out) is covered in flat screens. It could become a great spot to watch sports regularly But their bar situation I don't think could handle it. They need a better beer menu for sure. Also I understand they probably only have a restaurant liquor license but they could still probably put up some extra taps in the common areas or one to serve the outdoor area. I wasn't impressed with their cocktail menu and everything was served in a basic glass - not a cocktail specific glass. Even their mule was served in a basic glass. Anywho I loved their wings!! The other food was decent. read more

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I would actually give 3.5 stars. It's not bad, but it's not great either. We have tried it 3 times now. First time we ordered through a 3rd party delivery service. It was not good then. Everything was dry. We tried Brunch and honestly that was probably my favorite. Had Chicken and Waffles, the chicken was pretty fatty but overall the meal was good. The syrup/sauce they had was delish! We then dined in one evening. There is plenty of seating, it was clean. I had the Poutine, the cheese sauce was grainy. I added brisket, it was pretty fatty but still good but overall the dish needed something fresh in it. It was heavy. My spouse had the 3 meat combo. He liked most of the meats. His pulled pork was the least favorite, kinda fry but tasty ribs with a good mix of fat and meat. Service was great. Might go back for brunch. read more

Meat Hook Bbq - 3 meat combo - Barbeque Near Me - West Valley City, Utah

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SO DISAPPOINTED! I am always excited to try new places and I came to check out Meat Hook BBQ because of all the positive reviews, but I was super disappointed by the quality of the food. My bf and I each ordered a 2 meat combo. We both got the baby back ribs and brisket. I got the chopped brisket and he got the sliced brisket. We both also chose the cornbread. For sides, we got hot potato salad, creamed corn, french fries, and mac & cheese. Baby back ribs... literally was suppose to be the highlight of BBQ! But it was so cold and so dry! The meat were not tender, and barely had any juice in it! See my pictures... the meat does not fall off the bone. It was so dry and so hard to eat. Briskets were okay, the chopped ones were more tender than the sliced ones, but the slices ones were more lean. The cornbread was also cold and not moist at all. It tasted as if it was sitting on a shelf for hours/days. The sides were all okay, the portions for the sides were very generous. The sides will definitely fill you up. We came in on a Wednesday night around 6pm, the restaurant was very spacious, clean, and empty. There weren't any other customers at the time of our arrival. So that may be the reason our food was cold? that the meat has just been sitting there? read more

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I love some barbecue, and would consider this to be a reasonable option in salt lake. I had a 3 meat combo with ribs, sliced brisket, pulled pork, Mac and cheese, and fried green tomatoes. The meats were a little under seasoned, but great with the sauces. The Mac and cheese was definitely under salted, so easily corrected, the fried green tomatoes were good. I really enjoyed the brisket birra tacos, that was well balanced with a good flavor. I would definitely recommend giving them a try. The service was friendly, and I will definitely be back. The interior is clean, and there is also outdoor seating available to accommodate decent sized groups. The prices are competitive for bbq in the valley, but it also appears they pay their employees a reasonable wage, which is nice to see. read more

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Gotta update this to five stars! We have gotten take out three times now and I have discovered the BLFGT and my life hasn't been the same since. I do not like bbq food .... I do like this. I've gotten it twice and it was even better the second time. The bacon is something else and they do not hold back!! It's amazing. The corn muffins + honey butter are BEYOND amazing. I have to be honest with you guys, I had 2.5 of them tonight and so much honey butter. Their mac and cheese is also great, it's somewhat unique. Very peppery and not too cheesy (that's meant as a compliment). My husband and I also think their portion sizes have gotten bigger (or whoever packed our dinner tonight was heavy handed maybe?). We still haven't had a chance to dine in but the restaurant looks really nice! read more

No hardwood, no smoke, no smoke ring on the food. No flavor. The wings look good but the bbq isn't. The place was empty so it seems like everyone already knows this. read more

Meat Hook Bbq - Ribs with no smoke ring - Barbeque Near Me - West Valley City, Utah

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Oh my. I would like to preface my review by saying that I lived in Texas for 15 years, so my standards are high. But I've come to know that these standards need to be adjusted for barbecue here in Utah, and even with a low bar, Meat Hook was pretty awful, and an expensive regret. I ordered a 3 meat plate so I could try the various offerings. It was nice to have a choice of such a wide variety of sides. But unfortunately, almost all of it was terrible. Here is the worst of it: Fried pickles: Very salty, and tasted like they had been fried earlier in the day and then thrown back into the grease to heat them up for my order. Corn fritters: Burned on the outside and too crispy. Corn muffins: Ok flavor but too dry Beans: Soooo incredibly sweet! It was like some beans were just thrown in a vat of barbecue sauce with a few strips of bacon. Fry sauce: Gross, made with barbecue sauce? All barbecue sauces tasted kind of rotten? I couldn't place the flavor. The brisket was an absolute TRAVESTY. An ABOMINATION. It was like someone saw a brisket on tv once and thought they could make it. And then, after it was made, it became all dried out due to either sitting in the fridge for a few days or being reheated in the microwave. The ok: Mac and cheese - Decent, but it was served cold. Chicken - Nice flavor, but also served cold. Ribs: Overall pretty good, but kind of dry on the underside. The only part of the meal I would describe as good was the ranch dressing, which seemed to be made in house and was quite good. Too bad there was nothing decent to dip in it. The ranch, chicken, and ribs were worth just 2 stars. The owners of this restaurant clearly put a lot of money into the building, which was quite nice. And the beer/liquor license was good too. But wow, this place will surely not survive serving such awful food. Someone needs to bring a real pit master in to fix this kitchen before it's too late. Or maybe. The owners need to try the food? At least the brisket, it's just not in a serve-able state. I definitely won't be back unless major changes are made to the food, and this restaurant made both my husband and I declare we would never eat any barbecue (outside of Benji's) in Utah ever again. read more

Meat Hook Bbq - 3 meat plate with ribs, chicken, brisket, fried pickles, corn fritters, and corn muffins - Barbeque Near Me - West Valley City, Utah

We went to try the baby back ribs at this place. After waiting 45 mins to get seated, we quickly learned they were sold out of ribs (roughly 7 pm). Since this was our first visit, we ordered a ton of food to try a large variety of items. We ordered brisket and sausage for our two meat plate combo. The quantity of brisket was really small. The quality was in line with what you expect at a BBQ joint. The sausage tasted like the flavor you get when you make homemade ground beef tacos and a taco seasoning packet. We didn't love the flavor. We also ordered the Southern Philly and the pulled pork sandwiches. Both were tasty. The pulled pork is served on Texas toast which wasn't bad but not as good as a bun/roll. They should consider making a pulled pork grilled cheese with that Texas toast. They have 3 bbq sauces. My favorite was the sweet and sassy. The original and hot had too much of a mustard flavor for my liking. For sides we had fries, Mac n Cheese, creamed corn, corn fritters, and corn bread. The fries and fry sauce were the best. The Mac n Cheese needed to be a bit warmer as well as the corn bread bites. Unlike most BBQ joints across the country, this restaurant does have servers and seemed to have limited staff so you do have to wait for a table. Half the restaurant was empty while we waited. The space is good sized and good for small and large groups. Also plenty of parking. They have several TVs in the dinning area so you can watch a game while eating. read more

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Went to have brunch here with friends today. BBQ isn't my fave but heard them advertised on the radio so wanted to check it out. They didn't really do a brunch menu, it's breakfast until 11 and then after 11 you can order lunch instead. Bloody Mary's are very tasty! I got the pulled pork omelette which was good, but they charged $3.99 for a small cup of salsa I asked for. My friend got her breakfast burrito smothered with green chili but she didn't like the chili sauce because it was sweet. Never had sweet Chile verde before and I wouldn't want to. The food quality was really good, another friend got the wings which were really meaty and looked tasty. It's a little pricey but most places are anymore. If you love BBQ it's worth checking out. read more

Meat Hook Bbq - Pulled pork omelette - Barbeque Near Me - West Valley City, Utah

Everything we tried was dry and overcooked. I had expensive ribs that were tough, sat heavy. Husband and daughter had chopped brisket that was tough, they didn't finish. Also had pulled pork, dry and thick pieces. This was on a Saturday night at 5; all food should have been fresh. Sides were beans; sweet ok. Macaroni and cheese had no flavor. Hot potato salad was ok. Creamed corn didn't have much creaminess. Ordered a side of mini cornbread that were dry and paid extra for butter. Staff were young and not customer service oriented. They brought food to table, no utensils, guy pointed over there. Daughter went to get. This was a $70 meal that wasn't worth it. Know they've only been open 4 months, but if it doesn't get better don't think they'll make it. I won't return. read more

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I discovered this place a few weeks ago and since then, I've been preaching the gospel of Meat Hook to anyone who'll listen. The Southern Philly and baked beans are (chef's kiss) divine. Yes, I drank the au jus like a fine tea when I was done. The Brisket Birria tacos were otherworldly - served with consommé for dipping. The service was on point. They also have a decent selection of beer (bottled and on tap). And some unique cocktails like a smoky margarita, a smoky old fashioned, and a pineapple mule. As others have mentioned, things are a bit pricey. They deliver in taste, though, so I've never been disappointed like I have with other local BBQ joints. read more

Came an hour before close at exactly 8pm, open sign was on, on a Wednesday and they said they had already closed kitchen before we even got there. Given that it was the day before thanksgiving, that was their reasoning, but there was nothing noted on Facebook or google or even their website. I'm glad we didn't place an order ahead of time, although it seemed like people were still eating and coming to pick up orders when we weren't allowed to be seated. No invite to come back and try the food (we had never even been there before) no discount or free meal for the inconvenience. Not required but would've been nice given that we made sure we were showing up at an acceptable time within open hours. Either turn off the open sign or make it official by letting visitors known on the website. read more

Ordered the 2 meat combo, brisket and ribs $17.99, +$3.50 more for the brisket Service was friendly and fast. BRISKET-Very small portion of brisket for the price. Mine had a lot of fat. It was served warm, and was well seasoned and tasted good, but again, small portion for the price. RIBS - quite dry, and the rub was very salty. Pass on these, the brisket was much better. MAC & CHEESE - Nothing special, just your average Mac n cheese BBQ BEANS - These were good. CORN BREAD - Very dry, even for cornbread, and the 30 cent honey butter didn't help. One bite was too much, definitely pass on these. Overall, the meal after tip came to $29, which I felt was a bit too much. read more

Meat Hook Bbq - Storefront - Barbeque Near Me - West Valley City, Utah

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I saw the billboard for this place once day whilst scooting around on I-15 and thought, hey, I should might go check out this place sometimes. Well, the stars aligned enough for me to do it recently and let us discuss it. Firstly, I don't understand the massive website menu, including brunch. This seems like a losing of the plot a bit to me, for a BBQ joint, anyway. Fine, do your mimosas or whatever, but...weird. Decor inside is the blackout with wood trim, which instantly reminded me of R & R. I imagine this is intentional and that is at least partially who this place is taking aim at. Definitely a worthy example, if so. From there, we get to the food and here's where things go off the rail a bit more. They were out of the appetizers I wanted, which were the Texas Twinkies. Ummm, k. This is fairly close to lunch time, so how are we out of these already, unless we're not actually making them but buying them premade? Struggling to believe this is such a hot menu item that everyone coming in before me bought them all up. I gave up and just went to the actual entrees. Portions on the 2 meat combo are pretty light. I got ribs and the Andouille sausage. 3 bones and maybe 1 complete sausage, sliced up to look like more. I got what I vaguely remember as the hot BBQ sauce (it wasn't hot) and the sassy and struggled to differentiate between the two. Definitely not following R & R here. The ribs were...a number of other reviews have mentioned this and I have to agree. They were pretty far from great and not much above passable. I also did not detect much smoke flavor here, which I didn't find especially pleasing. The sausage, however, was pretty solid. Maybe not the best example I've had of this, but a pretty strong entry and much better than the ribs. I also got the fries, which were soggy and about 1/4 of them were undercooked, and the fried pickles, which let's just charitably say I have no interest in ever experiencing again. The jalapeno ranch was kind of nice, though, but your dipping sauce shouldn't really be notably better than the side, I shouldn't think. What I didn't get was the cornbread. Apparently, I didn't want that anyway, despite that being one of my favorite parts of BBQ generally, I suppose? I did get the honey butter for the absent cornbread, however, salt in wound there. Let me be frank, as it seems I'm in somewhat of a generous mood as I write this. This was pretty underwhelming overall and reading it back, I can't in good conscience give it the push. This was, at best, a 2.5 and I'm kind of thinking this place needs to really wrap its head around what it actually wants to do and spend more focus on execution. read more

3 Meat platter Nachos with pulled pork Banana pudding Key lime pie Sides fried tomatoes French Fries Mini corn bread muffins The food is ok but the sauce's 1 is sweet ,1 is hot , and 1has No taste, the Brisket was fatty , and was charged a 2.50 charge to cut up or slice it . The chicken was tasty the hot links or sausage's was good also the Nachos had a lot of white cheese sauce and mixed with the sweet sauce and full of pulled pork which was very dry . The Nachos made my spouse very sick also it gave me gas and diarrhea, probably won't ever go their again . read more

Meat Hook Bbq - My receipt - Barbeque Near Me - West Valley City, Utah

Stopped in here and ordered 2 meat combo with both meats being brisket along with o-rings and mustard greens. Brisket was dry and not hot at all. Sauces were not good at all. O-rings were awesome as well as the greens. Service friendly and quick. Next time I'm in the area I'll come back if I can't find better. read more

I craved this after the first time eating here. We went back once a week for three weeks in a row. The nachos with chicken was so good. The ladies were always super friendly and remembered us each time we went back. It's a very quiet, really nice dinning experience. Then, I found out they closed their doors the first of Jan. read more

I showed up an hour before closing with my two kids (I know, I know... party foul). The staff was friendly and very accommodating. Our server, Heidi, was awesome! She was quick with the order, on top of refills, and was super friendly. The food came out fast. The kids' meal portions were great (my kids are 6 & 4.5 and ate all their food but didn't look like they had food babies afterwards). My salad with chicken was delicious! The chicken was so flavorful and the jalapeño ranch was tasty too. Only thing I'd change: let's get some butter pecan ice cream to go on top of that mini bundt cake with the SoCo glaze! read more

Super cool new place on the west side. I had the pulled pork nachos and a pineapple mule to drink. The regular bbq sauce they use is so good! They have lots of parking and are located right next door to the Westerner if you're feeling like making it a late night. read more

Meat Hook Bbq - Pulled pork nachos and pineapple mule - Barbeque Near Me - West Valley City, Utah

As SCA certified judges, my wife and I were underwhelmed by the BBQ meats. The Meatup burger tasted more like the coleslaw and it's runny sauce than it did hamburger and brisket. My wife got the pulled pork sandwich which also tasted more like the coleslaw than the fairly dry pork. The corn fritter sides were okay, except that the corn kernels they put on the outside fried and became hard. The real star was the brunch Lemon Poppy Seed pancakes. It is sort of sad that the best thing at a bbq joint was it's pancakes. But they were wonderful. Our service was slow. Everyone else that came after us received their food before we did. Not the end of the world, but since the food was underwhelming it became a problem for us. The restaurant looks amazing. Super clean, nicely put together. The menu has some great options, but due to the execution of what we had, it doesn't matter how things were on paper, I may only give this place one more try in the summer to sit out on their patio before I write this place off as another place with potential that just missed. read more

Cornbread, wings, salad, Texas Twinkies and chicken was amazing! Very good for a bbq place in Utah! The sauce is a little different. It's got a orange flavor to it, it's a little to sweet for my liking but it's good! We will be back for brunch that menu looks delicious! Our waitress was so kind and helpful! We even got to meet one of the cooks! Mathew was his name he came and asked how everything was, it was a very nice touch to our experience! Great food and exceptional customer service! Outdoor seating looks like a whole vibe! Can't wait to come back for Sunday Morning Brunch! read more

Meat Hook Bbq - Texas Twinkies - Barbeque Near Me - West Valley City, Utah

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Was excited to try a new brunch super close to home. As it is my daughter and I there are not a lot of options. To start with the place was nearly empty but they put us in a corner table surrounded by 2 of only 4 tables that we full in the restaurant. Not a problem but a little uncomfortable. Next our server took a while to get to us but was nice when she did. However it took so long to get my cup of coffee it was barely Luke warm. She took out order when delivering the drinks but we did not talk to her again until our food was ready about 20 minutes later. The food was so amazing I immediately added another star to the review. We will likely return, not for the service but certainly for the food. We ordered the Monte Cristo... Highly recommend. Overall dine in experience was not my favorite probably do food to go more often from here. read more

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Sit down resturant, very nice inside, clean! Service was exceptional. The meat is delicious! You have 3 sauces to choose from, hot, sweet and sour and original. The sides are small but plenty with quantity of meat provided. Highly recommend. read more

My husband and I went to the Meat Hook for a quiet dinner after he got off of work, and we were thoroughly disappointed. We order the nachos and the three meat combination plate. To be honest. I didn't like anything I got there. I didn't like any of the barbecue sauces. I didn't like the way the meat with chopped I didn't like the sweet cheese sauce they had on the nachos. I did like the ambience....like I loved the fire pit that was in the other side of the room!!! Now the service that we got was also questionable. I'm going to chalk it up to being short staffed. I think I'll find another barbecue spot in Utah if I'm having an inkling for barbecue.. read more

Meat Hook Bbq - Nacho - Barbeque Near Me - West Valley City, Utah

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Food 6/5. Service 1/5. Giving MHB a 4 because mgmt does their best to make it right when the staff isn't meeting expectations. Went in for lunch, waited over 6 minutes to be seated and we were 1 group of 4 that were in the restaurant at the time. Also, Server didn't bring the appetizer we ordered. 2nd attempt, Ordered carry out and they left out meat from one dish and sides from another. They also put gravy on the hot potato salad instead of giving us mashed potatoes and gravy like we ordered. Like I said, mgmt comped us to make it right. Really hope they can figure out how to improve the service. We'll keep going because the food is that good. You can expect great BBQ, but the service might be iffy. Double check your carry out order. read more

We tried out Meat Hook for the first time the past weekend and it was really delicious! This new restaurant appeared on our new places to try and it was a refreshing new BBQ restaurant to add to Utah'a repertoire. Meat Hook seemed to be a pretty established restaurant and almost seemed like a chain based on the really great branding, but I was quickly surprised after a Google search. The restaurant felt like a BBQ joint outside of Utah. You walk in and it instant smells like bbq, which is fantastic. We went went with the meat combo and one of the choices was ribs without an additional fee (!!!!!). We got the brisket, pulled pork, and ribs. The meat was cooked well, but could have used a bit more seasoning. The sauces were solid, but I think it would have been better if the meat didn't rely on it. Fried green tomatoes was a side option (first time seeing this in Utah!) and we chose that along with mac and cheese. The mac and cheese was under-seasoned as well, but that was quickly solved with the salt and pepper packets they offered. We also got the Brisket Birria tacos, and WOW. They were delicious! I wish they were a bit bigger as they were just street taco size, but the flavors were on point. The staff was super nice and the restaurant itself was clean. Excited to go back and try their brunch soon! read more

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Big and clean. Fairly new. barbecue was excellent. Price was a reasonable for as barbecue goes. I had the chicken and the brisket both were very good. Their sauces have a lot of flavor and their cornbread good. My wife had the pulled pork sandwich. She said that was also very good. read more

My wife, kids, and I came to Meat Hook at 1:00 pm on Monday, June 19th, to celebrate Father's Day. The restaurant was empty, which was concerning, especially after how wonderful our meal was. Harry was our server, and he was very helpful and attentive. He took our drink orders, and I asked for the jalapeno popper dip as an appetizer. Harry returned with our drinks and took our meal orders. I ordered a 3 meat plate with brisket, ribs, and sausage as the meats and creamed corn and Mac n cheese as the sides with the corn muffins. My wife ordered the bbq nachos and asked for no onion or jalapeno and asked for the baked beans and sour cream addition. My son ordered the 2 meat plate with brisket and pulled pork with the same sides I ordered, and my youngest ordered a kids pulled pork sandwich and mac n cheese. The food came out lightening fast. So fast that we hadn't even gotten the appetizer. Harry apologized and asked if we still wanted it, and I said yes. All of the food was hot and delicious. While I prefer spare ribs or St Louis style, the baby backs were delicious with great seasoning and smoke. The sausage was flavorful and had a nice spice. The brisket was also tasty. The creamed corn and Mac n cheese were both very good and appeared scratch made. My wife really enjoyed the nachos, which she also shared, and they were delicious. The queso sauce had great flavor. My son enjoyed his meal, and my daughter liked hers as well. Of note, my daughter typically only likes Kraft Mac n cheese, and she said she really enjoyed hers. I had the Freckin' hot BBQ sauce, and it was very good. My son had the sweeter traditional sauce, which he liked very much. My daughter is a BBQ purist, so no sauce for her. The jalapeno popper dip was delicious and served piping hot. Would highly recommend! My only criticism is that it appeared that each brisket slice had been cut in half horizontally to remove the layer of fat. I can't say I was the biggest fan of that. The restaurant was clean and had a great ambiance with a modern look with several televisions showing different sporting events. Over the years, there have been significant deficits with both Pat's and R&R declining in both service and quality. I am really hoping the emptiness of the restaurant was a fluke occurrence. I am a huge fan of BBQ, and Utah is not a BBQ Hotspot, so finding a great BBQ place is like a needle in a haystack. I hope Meat Hook sticks around for a while. read more

Probably the best barbecue I have eaten, the food was really fantastic and the portions were decent. It's a little pricey, but I know food costs are having an impact. It's very busy there and you may end up waiting. It was an enjoyable experience, and I would definitely recommend it. read more

I have eaten at Meat Hook twice now, once was a pick up/take out order and the second was in the restaurant. First experience-pickup/take out I placed the order on the DoorDash app for pick up. Fairly easy and no big issues. Except you do not have some options for your choices that you would in the restaurant. I was looking for a rib choice as a meat selection in the 2 meat combo, at the time that was not a option for one of my choices. I tried the creamed corn, mac and cheese, cornbread muffin, and the green tomatoes. Creamed corn-was Meh, nothing too special, but it was good. I prefer my own version. Mac and cheese-white cheese and is kind of basic, but creamy and good. Green tomatoes-they were fried and very bland. Not a fan!! They need seasoning and some sort of sauce to dip them in. Cornbread muffin-again basic, if you want honey butter to go with it it is an additional cost. $0.50 for a tiny scoop of about 1 oz. But that could cover a few muffins. Sliced brisket-small portion, slight smoke flavor. Not bad, but not the best I've had, I've had others that I am not a fan of. But I would eat this again. Second experience-in restaurant dining We were greeted at the door. Our group was 10 people, we were told that in the future we should make a reservation, so take that advice, if you are wanting to take a group of 10 or more a reservation is STRONGLY advised. The restaurant was clean and decorated with industrial style, rock/stone walls, and string lights. It is big enough to accomodate a large group. They do serve alcohol, cocktails and beer. I did not look to see if they had any wine selections. The server took a bit to get to us. And then we had to ask for a cocktail menu. So by the time the server returned to take our drink order we had made our choice for our dinner as well. So he took both orders at the same time. A few minutes later he brought out the non alcoholic drinks and one or two of the cocktail. About 15 minutes later he started to bring out our food. The rest of the table still had not received their drinks. I guess the bar was still making them. For the next 10-15 minutes the rest of the food and drinks were brought out. We had wished the drinks were brought before out food. In hind site we may have ordered our drinks and then taken a few more minutes to "review" the food choices and then ordered. Maybe that would have helped. We were also disapointed when a few of us on the table wanted to order the ribs and we were informed that they were out. Which surprised us being early in the evening and a BBQ place. The server said they had a few catering orders prior in the day that cleaned them out. HOWEVER, when we were leaving the restaurant about an hour and half later, we walked past some other patrons tables and they were enjoying ribs. Hmmmm...maybe they found more in back or had some cooking and they got done. Who knows? In any case we were dissapointed in this. Now on to the food and drinks. Our table ordered the two meat combo, a chicken salad, tacos, and some kids chicken nuggets. My entree was the chicken salad, I had asked if the chicken was cubed or shredded, the server said shredded. But it came out cubed, no matter, it was still good. I put the original BBQ sauce on it with Ranch dressing. The greens part was romaine lettuce, grape tomatoes, cucumber, shredded chedder cheese, red onion, and a few croutons. The salad hit the spot for me. It was a decent size for an entree and I was satisfied when I was done. I also orded the small mac and cheese. See my review above on the mac and cheese, no change. I did not try the other tables entrees, but from what I heard they were all good. I did have a bite of the french fries and they were crisp and yummy. A bite of the chips and salsa that came out with the tacos entree and the salsa was not too spicy but flavorful. BBQ sauces-I only tried the Original and others at the table tried the Freckin' hot...original is mild, sweet, and slightly smoky. The Freckin' hot I was told was not hot at all. Drinks- The featured drink at the time was an Smokey Old Fashioned...looked pretty but was literally like taking a shot instead of a cocktail. Not worth the $13 price tag, even with the higher end whiskey. I had the Sassy peach cocktail, and I loved it! However, it could have used a bit more bourbon...but alas we are in Utah so love the liquor laws. Others at the table had the Lady Marmalade, and Camping on the Beach. All good flavors. Compared to other BBQ companies in the valley, I like Meat Hook the best. I like that the meat is not as smoky in flavor as some other BBQ companies. I like just a hint and not to have it too overbearing. Overall, I would say this place is about 3.5-4 stars. I would go back when I want BBQ over choosing other places. Food is not the best BBQ, but it is decent. Cocktails, some are overly priced, but are good. Pricing I feel is pretty average for this type of food. read more

Great interior. Service was a little slow but there really weren't many people. The drink selection is good and the food was really good! read more

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Okay Hold up, this place is absolute garbage. I have no idea how they have 4 stars, I ordered pick up and was unpleasantly surprised to get what looked like either last weeks brisket that dried out to something resembling sand or someone forgot they were cooking. it's like they only know of one seasoning, salt. God forbid you pay 30 cents for a "2.5 oz" of sauce to get a halfway filled 2 oz cup of re-seasoned store bought bbq sauce. My suspicion is they give you the shittiest/driest pieces of meat for takeout so you can't complain or return anything once you get home to open it and see the Sahara desert. Like I am unreasonably angry that I paid $32 for this and I can't do anything about it. It's worth skipping. read more

Meat Hook Bbq - Side 1/2LB Prime Brisket Chopped - Barbeque Near Me - West Valley City, Utah

When I walked into the Meat Hook, the smoky smell told me I was going to love this place. I was so looking forward to this. I ordered the ribs and chicken with mashed potatoes and coleslaw. The rest of the story was one disappointment after another. The ribs were dry. Very dry, even for dry rub ribs. That's okay, I will slather them with some amazing BBQ sauce. If you like sweet BBQ sauce, then you will love this place. That's all they had. Sweet Spicy, Sweet mild, Sweet sweet sweet. No savory. No Smoky. Just sugary sweet. No thank you. That's okay though because the gravy on the mashed potatoes was way salty. Maybe if I combined the two. . . The coleslaw was meh. The chicken thigh meat was okay, but they had pulled it off the bone, and there just wasn't much there. I was overall very disappointed and left hungry and unsatisfied. No my spouse had a pulled pork sandwich that she loved, and couldn't say enough about it. So that's my experience. Take it or leave it. I won't be going back. read more

My wife and I were excited to try this place for the first time on our first date night in a long time. Definitely making sure we will not be going back there. Ever. For starters they were out of almost everything we asked to order (which is why we decided to go there because they had stuff on the menu my wife has been craving) It's almost as if it was a game to the server to wait for us to order so he can see how quickly he could tell us they are out. Then about 10 minutes later gave the next table a list of everything they are out of and save them the trouble of trying to order certain things. Also wasn't a fan of this server telling my wife she has to buy him a drink for her to hear about his personal story about his life when my wife asked one question. He then continued to talk non stop while we're trying to leave. I had to cut him off from talking to tell him we're leaving now. Don't ever approach another man's wife and tell her she has to buy you a drink. Disrespect written all over it. Now for the food. We both ordered the 3 meat plate and I paid the extra $4 for the brisket with it. Well I got 3 very small little "chopped" pieces of brisket and one piece they brought was pure fat with no meat on it at all. The other two tiny little pieces were ok. The Mac and cheese was extremely bland. No flavor at all I'm not even sure there was cheese in it. My 10 year old literally makes better boxed Mac and cheese than what they served us. And the "creamed corn" was basically corn served in water, there was nothing "creamed" about it. I had to completely drench everything in bbq sauce just to eat it. The food and experience was not worth a $100 bill. Very disappointing experience and I'll make sure that anyone I personally know does not go here. Go to Dickeys or Famous Dave's at the minimum. Those aren't the best bbq we have in Utah but at least they have flavor in their food. read more

We got here and seated and then the waitress came to take our order and then told us they were out of ribs. WTF? That's like McDonalds out of hamburgers. read more

Great BBQ, server was good told the story of the business. Still building but worth it!!

Really good new bbq place. Very nice interior. Pretty extensive menu with a good variety of sides. Just happy to have a good BBQ joint in this neighborhood. Just to be clear the BBQ is good. You're not at Franklin. Think more R&R level. read more

Wish I had a picture to share without people in it, but hence no picture, what I can say is this place is fantastic. Ordered many items for our Christmas Eve Party. Brisket was delightful and the variety of sauces were excellent. Sausage wonderful, sliced Turkey, juicy not dry. Hot potatoe Salad was a surprise since we were not sure what to expect but delicious, mac and cheese a winner and corn muffins with butter amazing. If you haven't tried this place give it a go. Done in or take out. Best Barbque I've had and yes, I have tried them all. read more

Worst customer service I have ever experienced the staff seemed more interested in talking and saying goodbye to each other then in taking care of the customers read more